Fury beat Wladimir Klitschko to claim the WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight world titles in a famous points victory in 2015 before spending two years out of the ring.

He returned to action in Manchester in June when he forced Sefer Seferi to retire to his stool after four rounds.

If Fury beats Pianeta as expected, he is likely to fight unbeaten WBC world champion Deontay Wilder at the end of the year.

Fury is in fine fettle ahead of the bout with Pianeta, and he said: "I'm feeling healthy as a trout, fit as a flea. I'm very happy, everything is going smoothly, injury-free, training is going well. Just the same routine day in, day out for the last 10 weeks. I've had two or three days off since my last fight, I got straight back in the gym.

"I can't be any fitter than I was when I fought Sefer. There's only a certain amount of fitness you can do in boxing, it's not about fitness, to be honest.

"If you're going to be in a fight you have to be fit anyway. You shouldn't be taking fights if you're not fit.

"I've eaten, slept and drunk boxing -- I've done nothing else but box since November. So if I can't beat Pianeta I might as well get on my knees and kiss his two feet because I'm clearly shot to pieces."

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